Re: [libreoffice-users] template menu

It is good to see that there are more LibO users who don't understand the improvements concerning
templates from 3.6 to 4.0. Since a few weeks I try to understand it and still struggle. The only
advantage is that I immediately can see thumbnails and this is combined with the disadvantage that
the full name of the template is not visible.

I hope that someone is brave enough and rethinks the advantages of the old template manager (up to
3.6) and creates a real good one even if this one looks and functions more like the one until 3.6

Reinhold
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On 04.07.2013 21:23, Virgil Arrington wrote:
> I confess that I don't understand this type of "improvement" in software development. It's sort of
> like when MS decided that users couldn’t understand the Windows menu structure that had been used
> for two decades and gave us the ribbon.
>
> The LO/OO method of organizing templates has been around for...what, ten ... fifteen years now? If
> I'm not mistaken it goes all the way back to StarOffice. Long time users have grown accustomed to
> it. So, what would prompt someone to think it needs fixing? Was there a survey showing that a ton
> of new people would suddenly start using LO if it would only change its "goofy" way of organizing
> templates?
>
> I know people are always resistant to change; it took me a couple years to abandon DOS in favor of
> Windows. And, over time, I may get to like the new template menu placement (if I ever reinstall LO
> 4 after going back to 3.6.6).
>
> But to change a working menu structure just because we can? I just don't get it.
>
> Virgil
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Tim Lloyd
> Sent: Thursday, July 04, 2013 12:49 AM
> To: Thomas Blasejewicz
> Cc: users@global.libreoffice.org
> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] template menu
>
> Hi Thomas,
>
> I have to admit this confused me also. I don't know whether you can
> simply "organize" anymore. From the manual:
>
> To begin, choose *File > **New > **Templates***from the Menu bar to
> openthe Template Manager dialog.
>
>
> http://www.odfauthors.org/libreoffice/english/writer-guide/published-lo-4.0/wg4-0-ch10-templates/view
>
> At this point you can add, modify, delete and move!
>
> Cheers
>
> On 07/04/2013 02:38 PM, Thomas Blasejewicz wrote:
> > Good afternoon
> > The last few days I upgraded from 3.6 something to 4.0.4.
> > And this morning I noticed the "template menu" is gone.
> >
> > One of my computers has still 3.6 on it and there it is under Files ->
> > Templates.
> > That's also where the extension items for the extension "template
> > changer" appeared.
> >
> > After along search I found, that the template changer can now only be
> > found in an unmarked grave
> > = empty white space with a black triangle at its right margin BELOW File
> > -> Exit.
> >
> > But so far I was not able to find anything like Templates -> Organize
> > anywhere.
> >
> > Where is this now???
> > Or has the software advanced so far, that creating, deleting, organizing
> > templates etc. is now a thing of the past?
> >
> > Thank you.
> > Thomas


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